Global Campaign to Bestow Legal Rights on Mother Earth
UNITED NATIONS, May 24, 2011 (IPS) – An international coalition of academics and environmental activists has launched a global campaign for the creation of a new U.N. convention to protect “mother earth”. Thalif Deen of Inter Press Services writes about...
Indigenous Peoples call upon UN for Rights of Mother Earth
“In the Spirit of Self Determination of the Indigenous Peoples of Mother Earth, equal to all other Peoples…” United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues INTERVENTION TO THE 10TH SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES Read...
Case for Rights of Nature presented at UN General Assembly
The UN General Assembly hosted an Interactive Dialogue: Ways to promoting a holistic approach to sustainable development in harmony with nature on April 20, 2011. During his statements to the General Assembly, entitled Governing People for Earth, the Challenge of the...